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ATB Place, formerly Telus Plaza, is an office complex in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Originally built as the headquarters of Alberta Government Telephones (AGT), the two office towers in the complex–ATB Place Tower and Telus House Edmonton – serve as the headquarters of ATB Financial and the Alberta provincial headquarters for Telus, respectively.
Telus is the namesake tenant in several office buildings, including The Telus Convention Centre and Telus Sky in Calgary, Tour Telus in Montreal, Telus House in Edmonton, Telus Garden in Vancouver, the currently under construction Telus Ocean in Victoria, [33] and Telus Harbour in Toronto.
Telus acquired Edmonton Telephones Corporation (Ed Tel) from the city of Edmonton in 1995; Ed Tel had been created only five years earlier from a reorganization of a department of the city. In 1996, the AGT and Ed Tel brands were retired in favour of the Telus name. Telus merged with BC Tel in 1999 to form the present-day Telus Corporation. [2] [3]
Telus Corporation (also shortened and referred to as Telus Corp.) is a Canadian publicly traded holding company and conglomerate, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, which is the parent company of several subsidiaries: Telus Communications Inc. offers telephony, television, data and Internet services; Telus Mobility, offers wireless services; Telus Health operates companies that ...
1990. In June, then Premier of Alberta, Don Getty announced his intention to privatize the Crown corporation—Alberta Government Telephones (AGT). [2]In September, the Calgary-based NovAtel Communications Ltd., that former premier Peter Lougheed had established, reported a loss of $4 million "instead of earning $16.9 million as it had predicted". [2]
Ledcor Group of Companies is a construction company operating primarily in Canada and United States.Ledcor operates in a wide range of industries, including the construction of buildings and civil infrastructure, technical services such as communication networks, forestry, mining, property development and management, transportation, marine operations, and several energy projects, including oil ...
Edmonton's first true skyscraper, and the tallest building in Western Canada for five years, was the CN Tower, built in 1966. A building boom did not really begin until the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 , which prompted construction of many of the city's current tall buildings (17 of the top 20, as of 2019).
The Edmonton Space Sciences Centre, which later became the Telus World of Science Edmonton, was designed by renowned architect Douglas Cardinal and officially opened its doors to the public in 1984. The building’s design is celebrated for its striking use of organic, fluid forms that reflect Cardinal’s signature architectural style.